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Random Utility Theory

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Transportation Systems Engineering: Theory and Methods

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In Chapter 1 it was stated that transport demand flows result from the aggregation of individual trips. Each trip is the result of several choices made by the users: travelers in passenger transportation or operators (manufacturers, shippers, carriers) in goods transport. Some traveler choices are made infrequently, such as where to reside and work and whether to own a vehicle or not. Other choices are made for each trip, these include whether to make a trip for a certain purpose at what time to what destination, with what mode, using what route. Each choice context, defined by available alternatives, evaluation factors and decision procedures, is usually known as a “choice dimension”. Also, in most cases, choices concerning transport demand are made among a finite number of discrete alternatives.

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  1. Dipartimento di Ingegneria dei Trasporti “Luigi Tocchetti”, Università degli Studi di Napoli “Federico II”, Napoli, Italy

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Cascetta, E. (2001). Random Utility Theory. In: Transportation Systems Engineering: Theory and Methods. Applied Optimization, vol 49. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-6873-2_3

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